Panic in Panama as 7.7 quake hits, cathedral collapses and tsunami warnings spread

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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake and a 6.6 aftershock struck Panama, damaging buildings and causing a cathedral to collapse. Authorities issued tsunami warnings and ordered evacuations; no deaths had been reported in the account.

Panama was hit by a powerful 7.7 earthquake, a 6.6 aftershock and many tremors, damaging buildings and prompting evacuations but no deaths reported.